Loudoun County — home to fancy homes, fancier horses, and… a head-banging thrash metal music scene?
Apparently so, at Leesburg’s Balls Bluff Tavern, where a monthly metal night has become the main attraction. Balls Bluff and the Kings Court restaurant above it pull in $5,000 on metal night, compared to $1,000 on a regular night, according to the Loudoun Times.
Organizer Toby Gomez (you may know him as front man of Above the Altar) called metal a “brotherhood thing,” and said it’s a great way to express oneself — which may come in useful for Loudoun-ites after storing up aggression during hours and hours in traffic.
Underneath the leather and hairspray, however, these rockers apparently are a bunch of softies.
“[Gomez] says there are mosh pits and elbows thrown, but once the guy gets hit with an elbow, he turns around and hugs the guy who did it,” the newspaper reported.
Monthly metal night generally takes place the first or second Saturday of the month. In addition to Above the Altar, top acts include the bands Division, Reticle, and aptly named Never to be Silenced.
